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Clinical Negligence Solicitor

Employer
CRA Legal
Location
England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
Salary
£32000 - £50000 per annum
Closing date
11 Feb 2025
Reference
BBBH18204
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Job Title: Clinical Negligence Solicitor
Location: Leeds
Salary: £32,000 to £50,000
Contract: Full Time, Permeant

Role Overview & Daily Responsibilities:
  • Manage a full caseload of clinical negligence claims from initial instruction through to resolution, including settlement or trial.
  • Conduct thorough investigations, including reviewing medical records, liaising with medical experts, and assessing the viability of claims.
  • Draft key legal documents such as letters of claim, witness statements, pleadings, and schedules of loss.
  • Negotiate settlements through pre-action protocols and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.
  • Prepare cases for litigation, ensuring all court deadlines and procedural requirements are met.
  • Provide clear, empathetic advice to clients throughout the claims process, ensuring they are fully supported and informed.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver exceptional legal services while upholding the firm's strong reputation.

Employee Benefit Package:
  • 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Holiday rising to 26 days plus bank holidays after 1 years service
  • Holiday rising to 31 says plus bank holidays after 5 years
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance Scheme (3x annual salary)
  • Discounted travel to work scheme
  • Healthcare (voluntary benefit)
  • Recruitment initiative for referrals
  • Discounted legal services
  • Free conveyancing
  • Free will drafting
  • Employee ownership scheme
  • Profit scheme
  • Bonuses
  • Hybrid working and agile working considered

About the Business:
  • Our client are a regionally recognised law firm with strong presence in the local high streets. The firm hold a great reputation and boast excellent work quality, a strong business model and experienced professionals throughout. In addition, the medical negligence legal team have an excellent financial performance record over many years.
  • CRA Consulting, a specialist legal recruitment agency based in Sheffield, is proud to be working with a leading law firm in Leeds as they seek to recruit an experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitor / Lawyer. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and driven individual to join a reputable firm that is highly regarded for its work in clinical negligence claims.

  • The successful candidate will handle a varied and challenging caseload, providing high-quality legal advice and representation to clients who have suffered harm as a result of medical negligence.

About CRA Consulting:
  • CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.
  • For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at www.craconsultants.com.

Application Criteria:
  • Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with a minimum of 1 years' PQE in clinical negligence or a closely related field.
  • Demonstrable experience managing a caseload of clinical negligence or complex personal injury claims.

How to Apply:
  • If this Clinical Negligence Solicitor vacancy is of interest, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call 0114 241 8030 for a confidential discussion.
  • Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at www.craconsultants.com/jobs

Additional Information:
  • CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
  • This Clinical Negligence Solicitor vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.

Company

We are at the forefront of legal recruitment and our team of expert legal recruiters understand the needs of our candidates and clients.

 

Progression, Case Loads, Expertise

 

We know that our candidates want progression, manageable case loads, and salaries and benefits which reflect their expertise. We know that their purpose is to help people, work with them to have fair representation, and have ambitious career goals in legal. They want us to work with them to find the best legal jobs.

 

Integrity, Growth, Brand

 

Our clients want to run their business within integrity - and that's one of our core values. We work with legal firms to attract and retain the best candidates to help them grow. Brand is something at the heart of the legal sector, so we are focused on advising on employee brand to help with attraction and retention.

 

All Levels of Legal Recruitment

 

Whether legal, compliance, company secretarial, policy, qualified or non-qualified, temporary or permanent, our expert legal recruitment consultants have a single market focus. Our clients and candidates testify to how we've helped them find the best legal jobs, and help them grow their legal businesses.

 

Legal jobs we recruit for

 

  • Solicitors
  • Legal Executives
  • Paralegals
  • Law Graduates
  • Legal Secretaries
  • Legal Office support
  • Locum Lawyers
  • Legal Cashiers

 

 

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Telephone
0114 2418030
Location
51 Clarkegorve Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2NH
United Kingdom

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